Since, to date, the only pictures I have of where we live includes cockroaches, I thought I'd take some pictures of the "neighborhood" to share with you.
The picture above is our apartment building. The two trees with the beautiful fuschia flowers are Crape Myrtles. There is a third Crape Myrtle with cotton-candy pink blooms on the end that's harder to see. There are loads of Crape Myrtles in Georgia. In fact, Lawrenceville (just Northeast of Atlanta), is called "the Crape Myrtle City."
Another fabulous part of living in the building we do is the "Poop Station." (Outlined in red in the picture below.) Susie does not share in our joy of having the Station so close to our home, and simply refuses to walk willingly to it to allow the person walking her to deposit poop.
The apartment complex in Indiana did not have such amenities for dogs, so any "number twos" had to be taken to the trash dumpster.
Just another view to the right as you walk out the door of our building. The small hill is completely covered in ivy. Our building is kind of nestled back into a small wooded area, which offers some privacy for the balcony.
This is where we get the mail. See the three small trees to the left of the white post? Those three trees require that you budget an extra five minutes into a walk to the mailbox. (To allow a certain dog to sniff and pee at each of the trees, of course.)
And last for today... Check out the terrific Holly bush! There are Holly bushes planted as shrubbery around the parking lot of Starbucks/Kroger. I'm sure they are very ordinary to the native Georgians, but I found them quite pretty.
That's all for now!-Jenny
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